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Saturday, July 20, 2013

I'm in Pittsburgh. I flew from Phoenix this morning on a FULL flight. But we landed about 5 minutes early even though the last 90 minutes we had the seat belt on because of turbulence. But it wasn't too bad.

I'm at the Econo Lodge in Wexford. The room is clean; the beds seem comfortable; the staff are friendly and helpful. With free internet, I'm writing this blog. There is a nice little table and two chairs next to it so that even two of us could use computers at the same time. That's great.

I had dinner at the King's Restaurant next door. Because of traveling all day (leaving at 9 am and getting in at 4:35 due to time differences), I wasn't really hungry for dinner, but I knew I had to eat. And so I had 4 glasses of iced tea along with a light dinner. I'd come back to these two places again.

I am hoping that I will see someone tomorrow morning or early afternoon and get a ride to LaRoche College. Otherwise, I'll call a taxi and meet all of you there.

Hope everyone else had a good day traveling today or they have a good day traveling tomorrow. I'm really looking forward to the week, although I'm not sure how comfortable I'll be with the humidity.

Shopping isn't what it used to be. While I don't shop much anymore, I've almost always relied on J C Penney's for some basic items. In the past few years, as many of us know, the store changed. And it's changing again, trying to "win back" some of us who didn't fit into their new customer profile. With these changes, I started thinking about the J C Penney when I was little. What do you remember?

I remember loving to go shopping at J C Penney in Arcadia,
California, with my mother and/or grandmother.No, the shopping wasn’t the best part.The greatest fun was watching the tubes run on the cables in the
ceiling.

The cashier was upstairs in the back corner.At the service desks, the sales clerk wrote
up a receipt, took the money from the customer, and put both in the tube.Then, up and away!!To the cashier.A few minutes later the change came back
down, the merchandise was then bagged and we were off.

I don’t know when this method was phased out.However, imagine my surprise to find cables
and tubes in a store.While my husband
and I were in Canada.(We lived there
from 1999 to 2001) we went to Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue for breakfast one summer
Saturday morning.After eating we
decided to “window” shop.I believe the
store’s name was G D’Aoust.We went into
this department store and there were the cables again.And, they were still being used.

We walked up the wide, well-worn wood steps to the half
balcony, to view the merchandise as well as the little “office” used by the
cashier.What fun and what great
memories!!

Welcome

I'm glad you found Karen's Genealogy Oasis blog. Come around the back and share a cool glass of freshly brewed iced tea or lemonade while we sit on the patio and listen to the fountains and watch the birds.

I'd love to share the information I have on family lines as well as research techniques and new discoveries. And let's talk about genealogy activities all over the United States but particularly in Arizona and other southwestern states.

Check out the My Surnames tab at the top of the blog to see which people I am researching. If any of these people look familiar, let's plan on getting together.

Please feel free to write to me. To send me a message write me at karenazgen [at] gmail [dot] com. I hope to hear from you.